London – 13th June 2018: Opus Nebula, the Reporting as a Service® company is pleased to announce the appointment of Les Gosling who has joined the firm as business development director and head of sales. Les will be responsible for accelerating adoption of the company’s highly innovative Reporting as a Service offering within the asset and wealth management community, initially within the UK, European and US markets.
Les’s impressive sales and business development track record extends over a 30 year period. During this time, he has held senior roles in blue chip firms such as Blackrock solutions, part of one of the world’s leading asset management businesses and established technology financial vendors such as Wall Street Systems and Misys (now Finastra). His deep domain expertise encompasses high value investment management and risk solutions in an outsourced services model, as well as the fixed income, derivatives and treasury disciplines. One of his most notable achievements was leading the Blackrock Solutions EMEA business development team where he was personally responsible for delivering some US$40 million annual recurring services revenue.
Andrew Sherlock, co-founder and CEO of Opus Nebula commented. “The concept of Reporting as a Service within our target audiences is gaining momentum. The investment community is ripe for change and is looking for innovative, cost effective solutions which drive down costs, transforms productivity and enhances the overall customer experience. We believe our highly flexible Reporting as a Service offering matches these needs perfectly. We are delighted to welcome Les on board. His drive, enthusiasm and proven business development experience is exactly what we need and complements the skills of the extended team. Interest in Opus Nebula is growing apace, and we are very confident in our ability to very quickly take the business to the next level. The sky is now quite literally the limit.”
Les Gosling business development director and head of sales concluded. “Being an integral part of a company that is truly driving change and positively disrupting traditional business models was a really compelling proposition for me. I am delighted to be joining such a forward-thinking organisation and having the opportunity to work with subject matter and technical experts, who really understand and can deliver the specialist needs of the client, is refreshing. My goal is to build highly professional and efficient sales processes and to help create a robust and sustainable business which is underpinned by long lasting and valuable client, and partner, relationships.”
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Enquiries regarding this announcement should be addressed to:
Andrew Sherlock, COO, Opus Nebula, +44 (0)20 3239 7208, [email protected]
About Opus Nebula (www.opus-nebula.com)
Founded in 2014, Opus Nebula provides the Reporting as a Service solution to investment firms. The solution is a fully configured, complete end-to-end client reporting service, delivered out of the box. The Opus Nebula solution provides business users with direct control over the entire end-to-end reporting process via a highly user-friendly interface. The entire solution is hosted within the Microsoft Azure cloud for capacity, security and resilience. The Opus Nebula model allows for fixed on-boarding costs, a pay-per-use operating model, and significantly reduced elapsed time to go-live. Data feeds and final reports are precisely and simply configured to clients’ exact content, layout and branding requirements. SimCorp A/S is a key strategic partner and minority shareholder of Opus Nebula.